Mars Retrograde Leo - Time to Reinvent Yourself

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The Upcoming Mars Retrograde in Leo and Cancer asks: “How will you reinvent yourself with more self-love, loving-kindness, and Heart-centeredness?” Mars when retrograde, wants you to reenergize, reinvigorate, and re-identify so you can reinvent yourself – the way you feel, the way you show up, and the way you leave a lasting impression on others. Let’s explore how we get to utilize this Mars medicine to re-alize your highest self.

In this episode:

• What is the Mars Rx – 7:43
• 6 Ways to utilize this Mars Rx in Leo/Cancer – 18:10
• Astrology of this Mars Rx in Leo/Cancer – 25:48

6 things to do this Mars Rx in Leo/Cancer

• Reinvigorate loving kindness towards self and others
• Reactivate what brings you joy
• Reaffirm sensitivity as courage
• Re-identify your self love because of your past, not as your past
• Realize energy wasted not accepting self
• Regulate your anxiety with self care

How do I utilize this Mars Rx in Leo/Cancer?

This Mars in Rx is your opportunity to reinvent yourself by reenergizing parts of deepest needs (Cancer) and reinvigorating your presence (Leo) that may have gone dormant or sideways.

Reinventing yourself is a self exploration process that allows you to refresh your life. With a Mars Rx like this, you can look at your self care habits (Cancer) and lifestyle (Leo) to realign with your thoughts (Mercury), values (Venus), devotion (Neptune), past challenges (Chiron) and power (Pluto) – Mars Rx will be busy co-creating with these planetary processes over the totality of the retrograde cycle, shadows and all.

This Mars cycle brings us from Leo back to Cancer. Self love (Leo) to self care (Cancer), passionate (Leo) to tender (Cancer), adamant (Leo) to protect (Cancer), Creative (Leo) to compassionate (Cancer).

For all of us, realigning how we reinvent ourselves with more self love, loving kindness, and heart-centeredness.

What is a Mars Retrograde?

Mars Rx are times where we get to reactivate, re-energize, re-alize and , realign, and redo our Mars processes like taking action, energizing, and motivating. Of course, the shadow processes of Mars can bring up anxiety, fear, frustration, stress.

As a personal planet, Mars only appears to go in reverse every 26 months for about 2 – 2.5 months. That’s about 9% of her entire orbit. The last time Mars was in retrograde was Oct 2022 – Jan 2023 in Gemini.

And as a personal planet, we do feel his retrograde cycle intimately on a personal level in our lives and Work.

During a Mars Rx, it’s a good time to work on your energy, anxiety, frustrations and fears. Find where you are using too much energy or where you need to reallocate your fuel. Reexamining what brings you ease vs. frustration and see what adjustments you need to make in your messaging.

The house that contains this Mars Rx shows you where in your life and Work you need to readjust your energy, fear, and vitality.

Planetary Aspects for this Mars Rx in Leo/Cancer

Touchpoints with Mercury asks how can I realign my thoughts and actions. It’s easy to think and want one thing but do another thing that is in misalignment. This is your opportunity to ensure that you are acting according to your thoughts and your thoughts are in alignment with who you want to be.

• Do I need mental health support?
• Am I taking action on the things that I truly desire?
• Am I stuck? And what fear is causing my stuckness?

Mars exploring Leo (5 months in total) asks how can I prioritize fun and play? It’s easy to work hard and put enjoyment at the bottom of the list. This is a sure path to burn out, even if you love your Work. How can you prioritize play and enjoyment time and make it a lifestyle as you reinvent yourself?

• Who do I want to be?
• What is fun and playful?
• What new types of play do I want to explore?

Mars exploring Cancer (6 months in total) asks how can I prioritize self care and self acceptance? Be kind to yourself! The biggest drain to your energy is not taking care of yourself, not loving yourself, and not accepting with compassion all the bits and pieces of you. If you spend too much time denying parts of yourself without compassion, this builds stress and anxiety. Prioritize your self care and self regulation tools just as much as play and fun to create a balance life that nurtures your deepest needs. This will add emotional security to your self reinvention.

• What haven’t I been able to accept about myself that is ready for acceptance?
• How can I be kinder to myself?
• What do I need to nourish myself?

Aspects with Venus asks you to reconnect your values and actions. Sometimes we get stuck because what we are asked to do are not in alignment with our values. Our values (Venus) share what is important to us, and our values can shift and change. Maybe your values have changed but you are still investing your time, energy and resources in things that are no longer of value. Well this is your time to shake it up.

• Are you investing your energy, time or resources in things you no longer value?
• What is it that you value that you need to reinvest more of your energy?

Square with Chiron asks you to reaffirm how do your past challenges give you strength yet don’t define who you are? If you’ve gone through a rough time in life and really struggled, you don’t need to let those times define you as victim. However, with vulnerability and compassion, you now see that you don’t have to hide those times, but instead life up your learning lessons and gifts you gained from those challenges, the tough feelings you felt and everything you’ve overcome. That’s a hero’s story and its your story to tell as you reinvent yourself.

• How have I let my past define me?
• How do I NOT want to be defined from my past?
• How can I find the courage to really share the most vulnerable parts of my story to connect with others?
• How can I share all that I have become because of my past?

Trine Neptune asks how can I re-devote my actions? Especially when you are stuck or in a place of in-action, it can be hard to motivate and engage. Yet when you can ritualize or give your actions a spiritual meaning, often this can be the fuel that allows you to create a regular practice.

• What is the practice or action you want to take?
• How can you add a spiritual meaning to that action?
• How often do you want to take action?
• How will you add your spiritual meaning to your action in an act of devotion?

Opposite Pluto asks how you can choose empowerment instead of power over? A big part of this Mars Rx will be that Mars, traditionally the god of war, faces off with Pluto, traditionally the god of the underworld. This will create a tense energy for all of us on planet Earth. Individually we must remain vigilant to protect our inner peace, inner love, and sense of loving compassion for all created on this planet. To remember that we are all Earthlings, worthy of love, compassion and peace.

Notice how fear has kept you from your power

• What is at the root of your fear?
• Are your fears real or perceived?
• How are your fears controlling you and your actions?
• How can you take your power back from your fears? What has power over you? How can you take your power back?

Mars Retrograde in Leo – Cancer Key Dates

• 10/4/24 Enters shadow zone – Cancer 17°
• 12/6/24 Station retrograde – Leo 6°
• 1/15/25 Midpoint combust – Cancer 26°
• 2/23/25 Station direct – Cancer 17°
• 5/2/25 Leaves shadow zone – Leo 6°

Astro Notes for Mars Retrograde in Leo – Cancer

• 79 days, 23º – long duration – plenty of time to shift energy
• Almost 6 months total in Cancer
• Almost 5 months total in Leo
• Coincides with Mercury Rx for 10 days – two personal planets in Rx
• Aspects with Mercury (10/5 11/2, 12/16 MRx, 1/23/25, 2/23/25) – realign thought and action
• Aspects with Venus (10/8, 12/15, 1/25/25) – reconnect values and action
• Square Chiron (10/13, 2/3/25) – recognize how your wounds aware of your hurts
• Trine Neptune (10/28, 1/12/25)
• Opposite Pluto (11/3 – 1/2/25)